Continuing to seek Chinese investment in the UK comes at a heavy political price

Steel blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, UK. Baxter Media/Shutterstock

One major consequence of the UK government’s resistance to rejoining the European single market is that it is forced to go around the world seeking trade deals and investment.

Recently, the government has boasted of successful arrangements with India, the US, and some new agreements with the EU. But it has also found itself courting one highly dubious suitor.

Since the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves...